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New on NG Weird & Wild: Persnickety Pigs

By Sander van der Wel (Frisling), via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license. "Eating like a pig" is usually meant as an insult. But a new study shows that, despite their dirty reputations, some pigs prefer to clean their food before eating it.Read my latest story for Nat Geo's Weird & Wild news: Picky Pigs Take Washing Certain Foods Seriously.